# Pkg.update() fails 

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-update-fails/12116>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 3, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-update-fails/12116 "2018-07-03T02:12:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-update-fails/12116/2 "2018-07-03T09:56:17Z")

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Maybe it is related to this problem (with solution):

> [@Errors for Git / Pkg](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/errors-for-git-pkg/9351):
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> There have been various reports of issues running package operations recently. They manifest as one of the following messages on running any package operations, such as Pkg.init or Pkg.add: ERROR: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:Net, SSL error: error:1407742E:SSL routines:SSL23\_GET\_SERVER\_HELLO:tlsv1 alert protocol version) or ERROR: GitError(Code:ECERTIFICATE, Class:OS, user cancelled certificate check: ) This is happening because GitHub stopped supporting TLS 1.0 in February: The error occu…

Error message is not quite the same but maybe it is because of the WSL environment that it shows only UNKNOWN ERROR.

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